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Post by Jaga on Feb 22, 2006 14:15:21 GMT -7
Here is a graph how people in different countries of EU know English:  |
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Post by Jaga on Feb 22, 2006 14:18:00 GMT -7
Swedish know English the best, Poles are fourth from the end. The second most common language Poles know is Russian - 26% and the third - German - 19%.
Hungarians (wegrzy) that are very last - know German better than English!
Polish is the 6th most common language of EU
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Post by pieter on Feb 22, 2006 14:42:16 GMT -7
I think T
that Holland wiil be something inbetween Belgium and Denmark, because I think that the French speaking
Belgians know less English than their Duch speaking compatriots.
I think the Polish people will speak more English in the near fututure, because so many of them study,
work and live in other European countries, and will return home after that.
And ofcourse the Polish children and teenagers in Polish primary and high schools who learn English
in Poland and the students at the universaties.
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Post by suzanne on Feb 22, 2006 19:52:36 GMT -7
Interesting graph, Jaga. Sweden has a very high percentage of English-speakers, but it doesn't surprise me. I wonder if even 89% of the US population has English skills!  |
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Post by piwo on Feb 22, 2006 20:14:39 GMT -7
Interesting graph, Jaga. Sweden has a very high percentage of English-speakers, but it doesn't surprise me. I wonder if even 89% of the US population has English skills! I'd hate to have a random comparison of Native English (USA) speakers go head to head against the non-native Swedish English speakers. In our "feel good world" of ebonics, spanglish and "anything else goes" educational system, it wouldn't surprise me one bit if they proved more literate in English. Johnny can't read, write or speak English, but he feels good about himself.    |
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Post by jimpres on Feb 22, 2006 20:36:59 GMT -7
And Johnny can't play dodge ball or tag anymore he may lose and not feel good.
Jim
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Post by Eric on Feb 23, 2006 4:22:58 GMT -7
Swedish know English the best, Poles are fourth from the end. The second most common language Poles know is Russian - 26% and the third - German - 19%. Hungarians (wegrzy) that are very last - know German better than English! Polish is the 6th most common language of EU I'm sure there are a couple of languages that want to be the "most important" in the EU - English, French, and German. And I know Poles would like Polish to become important in the Union, too. Do many Poles really still speak Russian? If you travel to some former Soviet republics, they have already forgotten how to speak Russian, and they make so many mistakes when they try. And I'm not even talking about the Baltics, where they barely even knew Russian to begin with! |
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Post by Eric on Feb 23, 2006 4:23:36 GMT -7
Interesting graph, Jaga. Sweden has a very high percentage of English-speakers, but it doesn't surprise me. I wonder if even 89% of the US population has English skills! I'd hate to have a random comparison of Native English (USA) speakers go head to head against the non-native Swedish English speakers. In our "feel good world" of ebonics, spanglish and "anything else goes" educational system, it wouldn't surprise me one bit if they proved more literate in English. Johnny can't read, write or speak English, but he feels good about himself. You are absolutely, 100% right!! |
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